A joint regulatory task force set up by U.S. presidential decree seeks to combat digital currency fraud risks to the general public.

Digital currency fraud will form one of the areas of “particular attention” for a new U.S. anti-crime task force with participation from several government bodies, according to an executive order issued July 11.

The Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud, which will have the U.S. deputy attorney general as its chair and associate attorney general as vice chair, seeks to “provide guidance for the investigation and prosecution of cases involving fraud on the government, the financial markets, and consumers.”

The executive order outlining the taskforce highlights areas of particular attention as “digital currency fraud,” as well as fraud affecting the general public, along with “money laundering, including the recovery of proceeds; health care fraud; tax fraud; and other financial crimes.”